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Great, but he wasn't averaging the 6th highest salary in the years you mentioned,a s you stated in your first post.I am not sure what you're not understanding. I only care about what he counted against the cap in each year. That is all that matters. He was here for 20 years so all the can kicking down the road still contributed to his cap number to whatever year the can was kicked outside of 2020 when he left.
The front office was playing Houdini in moving money around. And since all teams do that, particularly in that position, the top 5-10 spots shift and bounce around every year. Being in the top 5-10 every year with the occasional outlier via contract (Brady in 2012) means that someone is a top-paid QB.
Darnold will be near the top next year. Garoppolo will be 6th this year if he isn't cut or restructured.